NASA Technical Standards System (NTSS)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a contract to Clarivate Analytics/Techstreet for a Technical Standards Platform (also referred to as “the Platform”) for the NASA Technical Standards System (NTSS).

The Statement of Work is for the implementation and support of an Agency-wide electronic, Web-based Technical Standards Platform for accessing technical standards and related information seamlessly via NTSS. The objective of the Platform is to provide Agency-wide users, including onsite contractors, with effective access to technical standards and the standards’ metadata from various Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), consisting of:

Full-Text Electronic Subscription Delivery of Standards from Selected SDOs.

Pay-per-Document Ordering of Standards from Selected SDOs.

Notices when Selected Technical Standards Change.

NASA-Provided Documents and Metadata.

NASA-Provided Lessons Learned and Application Notes.

NASA-Provided Statuses.

Metrics Dashboard, with the capability to allow NTSS staff to access content real time.

The Technical Standards Platform requires a user base of 8,000 to 12,000 active users. It is critical that the Contractor’s Platform can support the necessary bandwidth required to access/download standards with minimum latency. This is critical because NASA programs and projects rely on technical standards and specifications, lessons learned, application notes, and other information accessible in the system to evaluate, select, and use in space flight activities. Technical standards are also used by safety and mission assurance, information technology, and health and medical personnel and must be accurate and accessible for use.

A solicitation was issued as a Request for Proposals using  procedures outlined in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in conjunction with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. This requirement was awarded as a competitive firm-fixed-price contract. The period of performance is a one-year base and three one-year options.

Awarded contract 80MSFC20C0042 to CLARIVATE ANALYTICS (US) LLC for 7013887.00 on 2020-08-16.